I was asked a few years ago by a project manager to outline the process I follow to gather and communicate requirements for projects. After some thought I came up with an initial version of the diagram below, and over the years have refined it as new techniques such as… Read more »

Like most Business Analysts, I’m typically not the audience for the different artifacts I create, so I don’t get to decide when what I’m working on is done, or “good enough” for use. To mange the approval of the artifacts that I create, I’ve found that I use 8 main… Read more »

In late 2009 (just before version 8 was released), I began learning how to use Sparx EA. A different branch in the organization I work for had purchased a few licenses to evaluate using Sparx EA as a Data Modeling tool, they decided to go with a different product, but… Read more »

I work for a very small business analysis team in a very large organization, and was recently asked by a project sponsor to support their request for having a Business Analyst as part of their project. Here’s what I wrote (generalized a bit to anonymize it) Simple answer is time… Read more »

*** Currently there is a Bug in Sparx EA 12.0.1215 that prevents you from using the features in 3.1 and 3.2 *** http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1438024703/0#0 As a Business Analyst I often reference existing documentation as a source of statements that describe people, processes, requirements, rules etc, included in my analysis. Early on… Read more »